Indiana rapid response: layoff support for employers

Federal WARN Act notice

• The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act generally covers employers with 100 or more employees, not counting part-time workers.
• A covered employer gives 60 calendar days’ written notice before a plant closing or mass layoff.
• Notice goes to affected employees (or their union), the state dislocated worker unit, and the chief elected official of the local government.
• Some states have their own, broader notice laws. Check Indiana’s with the state labor department or counsel.

Check whether WARN notice applies to your layoff. General information, not legal advice.

Workforce boards in Indiana

State and local rapid response teams work with employers before and after a layoff to connect workers to services. Start with the board for the county where the workers are.

• Eastern Indiana Works

  Blackford, Delaware, Fayette, Henry, Jay, Randolph, Rush, Union, Wayne

• EmployIndy

  Marion

• Grow Southwest Indiana Workforce Board

  Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, Warrick

• Northeast Indiana Works

  Adams, Allen, De Kalb, Grant, Huntington, Lagrange, Noble, Steuben, Wabash, Wells, Whitley

• Northern Indiana Workforce Development Board (NIWB), Inc

  Elkhart, Fulton, Kosciusko, Marshall, St. Joseph

• Northwest Indiana Workforce Board

  Jasper, La Porte, Lake, Newton, Porter, Pulaski, Starke

• Region 5 Workforce Board, Inc.

  Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Johnson, Madison, Morgan, Shelby

• South Central Region 8 Workforce Board, Inc.

  Brown, Daviess, Greene, Lawrence, Martin, Monroe, Orange, Owen

• Southeast Indiana Workforce Development Board

  Bartholomew, Dearborn, Decatur, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Ohio, Ripley, Switzerland

• Southern Indiana Works

  Clark, Crawford, Floyd, Harrison, Scott, Washington

• Tecumseh Area Partnership, Inc. d/b/a Region 4 Workforce Board

  Benton, Carroll, Cass, Clinton, Fountain, Howard, Miami, Montgomery, Tippecanoe, Tipton, Warren, White

• Western Indiana Workforce Development Board

  Clay, Parke, Putnam, Sullivan, Vermillion, Vigo

All Indiana boards and 71 job centers